Let's try this again!... and other stuff.

First of all, we have new chickens; two Rhode Island Reds. They are about a year old and laying. A bit more shy than our original chix were, although, those were Delawares which I heard were a little more relaxed then Reds. Alas, this time around the Reds were all that were available from my chicken guy (Harley Soltes in Kingston).

some pics...

right outa the oven! was still warm when i snatched it!

guess which one is from our chicken! 

Secondly, I have decided to turn our old clothes into rag rugs, starting with my old uniforms....

First one will be white and black and will go by the tub in the bathroom. 

apologies for the blurrsss.....

sun.... finally.

Here is a video of Antoinette doing "kettle bell" swings with a burlap rice sack. This was after she ran her butt off outside for a while so....    :)

Side note, and lastly, a pic of our seedlings also enjoying the spring sun. :)

Peace!

- c.j.p.m.

Eggs!!!

Ladies. Gentlemen. Jon Bonham, our Delaware hen has finally laid some eggs. Three in fact!!! It worked!!!!! :)

take #2!!!!!! enter... the Chicken House!

yes,
 so the mobile chicken shelter has barely held on against the elements of the northwestern winter. Everyday i go out to feed the hen (yes, we lost one hen to a vicious shepherd dog that runs the place which leaves us with only one, named Jon Bonham... R.I.P. Twinkies!...) and she looks up at me with eyes like, "seriously, you expect me to lay MY precious eggs in THIS thing?!"

That said, we are moving forward in partnership, with our landlords who have developed their own interest in fresh eggs, on a new project for a chicken house. The idea is to have one central housing unit with a netted area surrounding it for the chickens to scratch around the yard without coming under siege of the landlord's curious puppy who still hasn't learned to play gently with living things! ;)

A picture for now with more to follow!....

The chickens have arrived! :)

Two, 12 week old, Delaware hens...

        - welcome home!

-what's for dinner?

My Beautiful wife, Antoinette...

- and me! :)

Pics of Finished Shelter

Finished product...

Demonstration...

Putting on the chicken wire... for $0

Side-note: just bought this Ryobi 14 amp Circular Saw for fifteen bucks via craigslist.com !!! Came with one nearly new blade. Fairly new saw. Beats using a handsaw for everything. :)
















Don't yet own a staple gun so I just used nails I already had in my tool box as well as nails recovered from the dismantled shipping crates. I cut the longer ones in half with sturdy wire cutters and then bent the nails into "staples." Later on I began pounding the nails 70% of the way in and then bent them over the chicken wire and finished them in. This proved much less tedious! :) Chicken wire generously donated by our land lady!

More pics and a video soon to follow of the finished product...